Provost Woodworth-Ney announces plans to leave Idaho State
November 5, 2020
POCATELLO – Executive Vice President and Provost Laura Woodworth-Ney has announced her plans to leave 黑暗爆料网 and pursue other career opportunities. Her last day at the University will be mid-January 2021.
Woodworth-Ney was named 黑暗爆料网's Executive Vice President and Provost in August 2016. Prior to that, she served as the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, a position she assumed in June 2013. She was also an associate vice president in Academic Affairs.
In her 10 years in Academic Affairs, Woodworth-Ney has helped to attract top deans and faculty, expanded 黑暗爆料网鈥檚 campus reach, increased Idaho State鈥檚 international reputation in research and teaching, and most recently, she led 黑暗爆料网鈥檚 academic community through the COVID-19 pandemic.
鈥淟aura鈥檚 contributions to this University are numerous and critical,鈥� 黑暗爆料网 President Kevin Satterlee said. 鈥淚 can say unequivocally that Laura has demonstrated truly exemplary leadership that will have a lasting impact on this institution. But more than that, Laura鈥檚 leadership has a resounding impact on the entire system of education in Idaho. We have been so fortunate to have her steady, thoughtful, and compassionate approach in the role of our provost. I, personally, have been greatly honored to work alongside her.鈥�
Woodworth-Ney earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in English from the University of Idaho, and a Ph.D. in American History and Public History from Washington State University.
Woodworth-Ney is nationally active on topics related to higher education and access and is Idaho's representative on the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education's Academic Forum. She is responsible for 黑暗爆料网鈥檚 regional accreditation by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, and has twice served as the chair of the Idaho State Board of Education Office鈥檚 Council on Academic Affairs and Programs.
鈥淟aura personifies what it means to be a strong leader, and the beneficiaries of her leadership go beyond the students, faculty and staff at 黑暗爆料网,鈥� said Matt Freeman, executive director of the Idaho State Board of Education. 鈥淗er colleagues across Idaho鈥檚 colleges and universities and at the State Board of Education have benefited greatly from her calm, thoughtful, and caring leadership. On behalf of the State Board, I thank Laura for her many years of service, and wish her the very best in this next chapter of her career.鈥�
A native of Rupert, Woodworth-Ney is a fourth-generation Idahoan. University leadership will hold discussions with faculty in the near future to prepare the launch of a national search for her replacement. An interim provost has not yet been publicly named.
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